Keralaspora

Column | How Kerala’s Buddhist heritage and legacy live on

May 03, 2021

Column | How Kerala’s Buddhist heritage and legacy live on

Historians say some temples in Kerala retained idols of the Buddha, which were worshipped as Hindu deities.

April 19, 2021
Column | A role of a lifetime - Mammootty as Dr Ambedkar

It is, however, unfortunate that the biopic on the architect of the Constitution of India is not widely known.
April 05, 2021
Column: Dutch reflections of 18th century Kerala

A treasure-trove of anecdotes, facts and observations have been preserved in the form of letters by Jacobus Canter Visscher, a Dutch priest who lived in Cochin for a six years.
March 22, 2021
Column | When Polish students attempted to master Kutiyattam

M Krzysztof Bryski played an important role in popularising Kutiyattam outside India.
March 08, 2021
Column | When a Palakkad-born Malaysian won the Magsaysay Award

Narayanan formed a trade union along with 10 men to look after the interests of the plantation workers in Malaya. This union would eventually morph into the National Union of Plantation Workers of Malaya.
February 22, 2021
Column | A Belgian monk, Swiss largesse and Kerala cows

Kerala needs more visionaries like Father Francis to provide the kind of opportunities that would balance environmental concerns with the need for gainful and productive employment.
February 08, 2021
Column | A look back at Shaji N Karun’s masterpiece Piravi

Shaji N Karun’s film Piravi, which won the 1989 Camera d’Or-Mention d’honneur, showcased the horrors of the 1975 Emergency to an entirely new generation.